Posted on 06/26/2009 12:01:55 PM PDT by khnyny
Yes, the rumors are true. After decades of cowering in the deep-blue (as in Blue State) shadows, Hollywood conservatives are beginning to openly express their political beliefs despite the price they’ve paid—both socially and professionally—for doing so in the past. Some are calling this newfound courage the Breitbart Effect, named for the affable New Media titan who exposed the amoral Superfund toxic waste site of Tinsel Town by subjecting it to the standards of traditional, conservative (read: normal) American values.
Through his pioneering work on news aggregation Web sites such as the Drudge Report and the Huffington Post, Breitbart led the charge away from the take-it-or-leave-it company store of monolithic network news and toward the consumer-driven free market of the New Media. How important was it to break up this monopoly? Before there was a New Media, Dan Rather’s “CBS Evening News” “exposé” about George W. Bush’s National Guard service (complete with forged documents) would have gone unchallenged—and Dan Rather would still have a career. Because of New Media and outlets such as Drudge, Rather’s inept hoax was discovered—and shared with the world—within a matter of hours.
(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...
“Precisely! There’s no liberal slant to the news. It’s the liberal news delivered by liberal democrats.”
You and I know this, Andrew knows this, so why do our guys keep assigning them cute pet names like MSM, drive-by, etc? It dilutes the truth, puts a smiley face on it...if you will.
Why would anyone WANT Hollywood to be saved??
I read this article in the print version of Town Hall a few days ago, and like you, I felt that ”In a flash of insight, Breitbart realized that the media were the Democratic Party, that the NAACP was the Democratic Party, that NOW was the Democratic Party...” was the money quote. I guess I differ with you a little as to what places Charlie, Katie, Brian, Diane, et al have with The Party. Sure, they are commissars, but I don't think they make the decisions. They are given their marching orders and carry them out like good little Chekists.
“Yep. Imho, astute observation. They’re crafting the ‘message’ for public consumption.”
They are the daily face of the Democratic Party yet no one refers to them as such. Our news should begin with statements like, “Democratic leaders Sawyers and Couric today said that President Bush was presiding over a failed policy in Iraq. Our investigation indicates that contrary to assertions by the Democrats at ABC and NBC, civilian deaths in Iraq are far below those in our most populous cities with Los Angeles and Chicago leading Iraq in year over year figures. We contacted ABC and NBC and tried to get a comment from their Democratic spokesmen but have not received a reply. Back to you Andrew.” Yes?
Ummmm, he doesn't know liberals are closed minded bigots? Liberals don't believe in the "free exchange" of ideas unless it's their ideas being rammed down our throats - - that, they'll "freely" do...
Is Hollywood worth saving?
“Sure, they are commissars, but I don’t think they make the decisions. They are given their marching orders and carry them out like good little Chekists.”
Thanks for the dialog, but you’re correct that we see this a bit different. I believe that the Democratic agenda BEGINS at ABC, CBS and NBC and is followed by the Democrats in congress. If ABC, CBS and NBC began a series on the horrifying aspects of partial-birth abortion, how many minutes do you think it would be before congressional Democrats would have legislation on the floor?
ABC, CBS and NBC are a constant, congress fluctuates. The agenda must be set from a non-fluctuating source. IMO
One more thing. We have an example in Global Warming. It was entirely media manufactured and media driven. Today, however, it is on the floor of congress. It did not start on the floor, it started at ABC, NBC and CBS.
As was:
The Viet Nam war is lost
Bush lied people died
Iraq is a quagmire
Etc
After the media started these and many other “conventional wisdoms” the dems followed suit often shifting their positions 180 degrees from their previous positions and votes.
“After the media started these and many other “conventional wisdoms” the dems followed suit often shifting their positions 180 degrees from their previous positions and votes.”
I guess you and I have been watching this stuff for too many years and therefore we’ve come to a different conclusion from others. I used to believe that the media was simply parroting the Democratic congressional leaders, but history indicates that is no longer the case.
Many years ago there was a hint that congress was being controlled by the media and not the other way around. Our guys recoiled at the suggestion claiming that it was simply unthinkable. Wild-eyed conspiracy talk. The leaders of the Republican party in both the media and congress have continued the tut-tutting of what is painfully obvious to you and I by granting them the independent sounding honor of calling them “the main stream media” rather than the Democrat Press Corps.
The Democrats, on the other hand, have no problem calling Fox the Republican network!
I read Big Hollywood but the format sucks.
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